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Links from my DDDNorth session ‘Automated Build Is Not The End Of The Story’
Richard Fennell Oct 13, 2013 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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Thanks to everyone who came to my DDDNorth session ‘Automated Build Is Not The End Of The Story’, the links to the tools I discussed are as follows
- Visual Studio Lab Management
- MSDN http ://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd997438.aspx
- ALM Rangers best practice guidance http://vsarlabman.codeplex.com/
- Building …
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All Set for DDD North 2013
Linda Hogg Oct 11, 2013 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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Black Marble is a supporting DDD North - the premier Developer Community event running in the North of England. Taking place at the University of
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Get rid of that that zombie build
Richard Fennell Oct 10, 2013 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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Whilst upgrading a TFS 2010 server to 2012 I had a problem that a build was showing in the queue as active after the upgrade. This build was queued in January, 10 months ago, so should have finished a long long time ago. This build had the effect that it blocked any newly queued builds, but the old build did not appear …
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Fix for - Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell’ on TFS 2010 Build Controller
Richard Fennell Oct 10, 2013 · 2 min read · Uncategorised ·
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I have previously posted about when TFS build controllers don’t start properly. Well I saw the same problem today whilst upgrading a TFS 2010 server to TFS 2012.3. The client did not want to immediately upgrade their build processes and decided to keep their 2010 build VMs just pointing them at the updated server …
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TFS 2012 & 2013 Kanban Board Link
Robert Hancock Oct 10, 2013 · 2 min read · Uncategorised ·
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The arrival of the Kanban board in TFS 2012 Update 1 was a great addition. One thing that has bugged me and customers I visit with this feature has been the missing link, or rather the confusion around the View board link. Teams that run with Kanban would expect that the View board link would navigate them to the …
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Unexpectedly now doing a session at DDD North 2013
Rik Hepworth Oct 10, 2013 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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I had a surprise exchange of text messages last night with Andy Westgarth. Sadly, one of the people who was to speak in one of the first session slots has had to pull out. Andy did the thing all the best conference organisers do – he called his friends! As a result, Richard and myself will be presenting a session about …
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Miracast with Surface Pro, Windows 8.1 release and Netgear Push2TV
Rik Hepworth Oct 8, 2013 · 2 min read · Uncategorised ·
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One of the most useful features of Windows 8.1 for me is the native support for Miracast (which is compatible with Intel Widi) for connecting to a wireless projector or display. Being able to wander around with my tablet whilst speaking is really handy.
Sadly, whilst this worked for a little while during the preview, …

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Grok talking at DDDNorth 2013
Rik Hepworth Oct 8, 2013 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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DDD North 2013 is almost upon us and I hope you’re all converging on Sunderland for what should be a great for devs. I’ll be helping out during the day, and I will also be doing a short Grok Talk on how Generation 2 Virtual Machines in Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 are new, different and cool. Come along and heckle, why …
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Take care installing firmware updates on your Surface Pro if it’s bitlocker encrypted
Rik Hepworth Oct 6, 2013 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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A quick tip, this one. I downloaded the latest firmware update to my Surface Pro this evening. It rebooted and promptly requested my bitlocker unlock code. I don’t keep those to hand – they’re stored in our Active Directory. Fortunately I had another laptop with DirectAccess so I could find the key. Be ready with your …
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And the most ridiculous packaging award of the day goes to…
Richard Fennell Sep 30, 2013 · 1 min read · Uncategorised ·
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CPC who managed to send two resistor-capacitor balances for LED lights, which as about 1cm in size
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